New York doctor indicted for prescribing #AbortionPill in #Louisiana

By SARA CLINE and GEOFF MULVIHILL
Updated 2:53 PM EST, January 31, 2025

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — "A New York doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the #DeepSouth state, which has one of the strictest near-total #AbortionBans in the country.

"Grand jurors at the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge issued an indictment against Dr. #MargaretCarpenter; her company, #NightingaleMedical, PC; and a third person. All three were charged with #CriminalAbortion by means of #abortion-inducing drugs, a #felony.

"The case appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortion pills to another state, at least since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned #RoeVWade in 2022 and opened the door for states to have strict anti-abortion laws."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-indictment-lousiana-new-york-doctor-63ff4d9da8a9b592a7ca4ec7ba538cd3
#ProBirth #Fascism #USPol #AntiabortionLaws #AntiAbortionLaws #HandmaidsTale #WelcomeToGilead

“When the 25-year-old returned three days later, still bleeding, doctors finally agreed to give her an injection intended to end the pregnancy. But it was too late. The fertilized egg growing on Thurman’s fallopian tube would rupture it, destroying part of her reproductive system.”
#AntiAbortionLaws #ProChoice #miscarriage #PregnancyRisks #TexasLaw
https://apnews.com/article/pregnant-women-emergency-room-ectopic-er-edd66276d2f6c412c988051b618fb8f9

Lizelle Herrera was arrested and jailed for self-inducing an abortion in 2022, and her name and mugshot were quickly broadcast around the world. Three days later, the Starr County prosecutor dropped the charges. But Herrera said the damage had been done.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/04/01/482196/texas-woman-charged-with-murder-for-self-induced-abortion-sues-prosecutors/

In case anyone wonders why I care about the #Duggars and #quiverfull people: these policies in states like Texas are directly related to the #Dominionist "Joshua Generation" and the evangelical plan to take over politics. #rightwingextremism #antiabortionlaws #authoritarianism #AmericanTaliban https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-1-2023